The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... youth and gay delight An Epistle to Fleetwood Shephard , Esq . Another Epistle to the same 130 The Lady's Looking - glass . In Imitation of a Greek Idyllium 139 ib . ... Love and Friendship : a Pastoral . By Mrs. Elizabeth Singer ...
... youth and gay delight An Epistle to Fleetwood Shephard , Esq . Another Epistle to the same 130 The Lady's Looking - glass . In Imitation of a Greek Idyllium 139 ib . ... Love and Friendship : a Pastoral . By Mrs. Elizabeth Singer ...
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... youth , In arms to glory , and in love to truth ! Oh ! if the Muse of future aught presage , These seeds shall ripen in the coming age ; Then youths , renown'd for many a field well - fought , Shall own the glorious lessons thou hast ...
... youth , In arms to glory , and in love to truth ! Oh ! if the Muse of future aught presage , These seeds shall ripen in the coming age ; Then youths , renown'd for many a field well - fought , Shall own the glorious lessons thou hast ...
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... youths in concert fought , And matchless valour did display ! How , ere the battle join'd , they strove With emulous ... youth to spare , But with his much - lov'd Maurice vow'd to prove Th ' extremes of war , and equal dangers share . O ...
... youths in concert fought , And matchless valour did display ! How , ere the battle join'd , they strove With emulous ... youth to spare , But with his much - lov'd Maurice vow'd to prove Th ' extremes of war , and equal dangers share . O ...
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... youth ! when thou wert here , Thyself a young Apollo did appear ; Young as that god , so sweet a grace , Such ... youths surpass'd ; Charms such as hers no eastern beauty grac'd . Near neighbourhood the first acquaintance drew , An early ...
... youth ! when thou wert here , Thyself a young Apollo did appear ; Young as that god , so sweet a grace , Such ... youths surpass'd ; Charms such as hers no eastern beauty grac'd . Near neighbourhood the first acquaintance drew , An early ...
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... youth , impatient to relate Her new adventure , and th ' avoided fate . She saw the vary'd tree had lost its white , And doubting stood if that could be the right , Nor doubted long ; for now her eyes beheld A dying person spurn the ...
... youth , impatient to relate Her new adventure , and th ' avoided fate . She saw the vary'd tree had lost its white , And doubting stood if that could be the right , Nor doubted long ; for now her eyes beheld A dying person spurn the ...
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Apollo arms beauteous beauty Behold Belgia bless blest breast bright Cæsar charms Columbo confest crown'd Cupid darts dear death delight Derry divine e'er Earth Epicurus ev'n eyes fair fame fate fear fire flame flow goddess gods grace grief grove hand happy hast hear heart Heaven hero honour Jove kind king labour light live lord Lucretius lyre maid MATTHEW PRIOR mighty mind mourn Muse Namur Nature's ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er Ovid pain passion peace Peneus Pindar plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet Pothinus praise pride queen rage rais'd reign rise sacred shade shine sighs sing skies smile soft song soul swain sweet tears tell thee things thou thought toil twas Venus verse vex'd Virg virtue weep Whilst winds wise wound wretched wyll youth